Tobago

From Modern Resorts to Historic Rainforests and Timeless Reefs

Tobago Overview

This is an island that doesn't require an either/or decision. You can enjoy both a pampering beach vacation and an authentic natural adventure. To the south, sun worshipers will find mid-sized, full-service resorts perched on white-sand beaches and a comfortably-sized capital city that can be explored by foot. Drive north and the road narrows, trees take over the hillsides and brightly-colored fishermen's shacks replace resorts along the coastline. A ridge of forested mountains invites hikers, mountain bikers and bird watchers to enter the green canopy, while reefs decorated in colorful patchworks of sponges and soft coral provide a backdrop for flight-like drift dives.

Diving

Let the currents carry you through a narrow cut that leads to the largest brain coral in the Caribbean. Follow tarpon into clouds of bubbles at a surf-washed point. Watch for manta rays to swoop by or follow sea turtles through colorful sponge gardens.

Adventure

Hike the Waterfalls Trail in the oldest forest reserve in the western hemisphere. Discover lush tropical vegetation, virgin rainforest and avian life at Tobago Forest Reserve & Waterfall. Surf, sail and kite on the island's windward coast or paddle and snorkel in calm Caribbean coves. Climb into the hills on a mountain bike.